title: [Decreasing early detection gaps].
abstract: In the first year of life, 90% of children are regularly supervised by the periodic health examinations (examination no 3 to no 6). From the beginning of the second year of life, the participation rate is continuously decreasing up to 75% at the last examination at 5 years. Results of school entrant examinations could demonstrate that the real participation rate is less than reported. Some data point to the group of non-participating children: e.g. children of migrants, of social disadvantaged families or large families. Longitudinal studies show a regular participation in periodic health examinations of 75% in the first year of life, in the following period only at the half up to two thirds of children were regularly presented to the health check-ups. The action-fields for the children- and school-health activities appear in outlines: priorities of the campaign of school-medicine in this domain will be the in the encouragement of the three last examinations (no 7 to 9). An action plan is presented in the article.
authors.affiliation: Akademie für öffentliches Gesundheitswesen, Düsseldorf.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schirm
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005544:Forecasting; D005858:Germany; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D051379:Mice; D009098:Multiphasic Screening / Q000639:trends*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000639:trends*; D012572:School Health Services / Q000639:trends*
vernacular_title: Früherkennungslücken verkleinern.